Caroline Spry
@carolinedigs.bsky.social
Archaeologist Down Under 🦘🐨 Stone tools + trees at La Trobe University. Principal Heritage Advisor at Wurundjeri Aboriginal Corporation. Co-chair National Archaeology Week. Victorian Archaeology Colloquium team.
https://scholars.latrobe.edu.au/cspry
https://scholars.latrobe.edu.au/cspry
Our new comment’s out! Archaeology as gulindji-bagruk (people), liwik (Ancestors) and biik (Country): a view from Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country, SE Australia. It’s part of a Forum in the @austarchj.bsky.social journal exploring Voice, Indigenous peoples and archaeology.
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Archaeology as gulindji-bagruk (people), liwik (Ancestors) and biik (Country): a view from Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country, southeastern Australia
Published in Australian Archaeology (Ahead of Print, 2025)
doi.org
November 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Our new comment’s out! Archaeology as gulindji-bagruk (people), liwik (Ancestors) and biik (Country): a view from Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country, SE Australia. It’s part of a Forum in the @austarchj.bsky.social journal exploring Voice, Indigenous peoples and archaeology.
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Reposted by Caroline Spry
Fascinating new research - using traditional knowledge, archaeology and collections to uncover new (old) Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung stories from this wangim (boomerang)!
What a great example of Indigenous-driven artefact research by @carolinedigs.bsky.social et al
theconversation.com/how-forensic...
What a great example of Indigenous-driven artefact research by @carolinedigs.bsky.social et al
theconversation.com/how-forensic...
How forensic analysis and traditional knowledge reveal the story of a unique boomerang
Grip marks, blood and fire damage hint at the fascinating history of a non-returning boomerang.
theconversation.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Fascinating new research - using traditional knowledge, archaeology and collections to uncover new (old) Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung stories from this wangim (boomerang)!
What a great example of Indigenous-driven artefact research by @carolinedigs.bsky.social et al
theconversation.com/how-forensic...
What a great example of Indigenous-driven artefact research by @carolinedigs.bsky.social et al
theconversation.com/how-forensic...
Our new study of an Australian boomerang 🪃 is out! ‘How forensic analysis & traditional knowledge reveal the story of a unique boomerang’ in The Conversation: theconversation.com/how-forensic...
And our in-depth research article in ‘Australian Archaeology’: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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And our in-depth research article in ‘Australian Archaeology’: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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How forensic analysis and traditional knowledge reveal the story of a unique boomerang
Grip marks, blood and fire damage hint at the fascinating history of a non-returning boomerang.
theconversation.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Our new study of an Australian boomerang 🪃 is out! ‘How forensic analysis & traditional knowledge reveal the story of a unique boomerang’ in The Conversation: theconversation.com/how-forensic...
And our in-depth research article in ‘Australian Archaeology’: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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And our in-depth research article in ‘Australian Archaeology’: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Reposted by Caroline Spry
Wonderful new work by @carolinedigs.bsky.social and Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country on non-returning wangim (boomerangs)
theconversation.com/how-forensic...
And read the full article #openaccess in @austarchj.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1080/0312...
theconversation.com/how-forensic...
And read the full article #openaccess in @austarchj.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1080/0312...
How forensic analysis and traditional knowledge reveal the story of a unique boomerang
Grip marks, blood and fire damage hint at the fascinating history of a non-returning boomerang.
theconversation.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Wonderful new work by @carolinedigs.bsky.social and Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country on non-returning wangim (boomerangs)
theconversation.com/how-forensic...
And read the full article #openaccess in @austarchj.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1080/0312...
theconversation.com/how-forensic...
And read the full article #openaccess in @austarchj.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1080/0312...
Reposted by Caroline Spry
Happy National Archaeology Week!
This year's craft in celebration of Archaeology Week is little clay pendants - the scale bar is 4cm
#2025NAW #archaeology #craft
This year's craft in celebration of Archaeology Week is little clay pendants - the scale bar is 4cm
#2025NAW #archaeology #craft
May 18, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Happy National Archaeology Week!
This year's craft in celebration of Archaeology Week is little clay pendants - the scale bar is 4cm
#2025NAW #archaeology #craft
This year's craft in celebration of Archaeology Week is little clay pendants - the scale bar is 4cm
#2025NAW #archaeology #craft
Reposted by Caroline Spry
📣 Join us on 24 May for this online event, "Eighty Years On: World War II Maritime Heritage in Australasia", part of National Archaeology Week and featuring speakers from @seamuseum.bsky.social @flindersmap.bsky.social #WAMuseum #UWA & Kyoto Uni
#NAW2025
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events.humanitix.com/eighty-years...
#NAW2025
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events.humanitix.com/eighty-years...
Eighty Years On: World War II Maritime Heritage in Australasia
Celebrate National Archaeology Week with an online seminar commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, with a focus on ships and submarines.
events.humanitix.com
May 16, 2025 at 2:24 AM
📣 Join us on 24 May for this online event, "Eighty Years On: World War II Maritime Heritage in Australasia", part of National Archaeology Week and featuring speakers from @seamuseum.bsky.social @flindersmap.bsky.social #WAMuseum #UWA & Kyoto Uni
#NAW2025
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events.humanitix.com/eighty-years...
#NAW2025
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events.humanitix.com/eighty-years...
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Get crafting and cooking for National Archaeology Week! The Bake It! Make It! competition is back on. The prize is a fabulous swag of archaeology books! #NAW2025 🏺
Bake It! Make It! — National Archaeology Week
Bake or make a creation inspired by archaeology! Knit a scale bar, bake artefact biscuits, model a monument, the only limit is your imagination.
archaeologyweek.org
May 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Get crafting and cooking for National Archaeology Week! The Bake It! Make It! competition is back on. The prize is a fabulous swag of archaeology books! #NAW2025 🏺
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National Archaeology Week kicks off today in Australia! As 2025 is also the 25th anniversary of space archaeology as a discipline, I'm going to post a thread of 11 talks by space archaeologists so you can see what it's all about. 🧪🏺 #SpaceArchaeology
May 18, 2025 at 12:56 AM
National Archaeology Week kicks off today in Australia! As 2025 is also the 25th anniversary of space archaeology as a discipline, I'm going to post a thread of 11 talks by space archaeologists so you can see what it's all about. 🧪🏺 #SpaceArchaeology
Reposted by Caroline Spry
For the last 3 yrs, I was the director for the Science of Science program at the NSF. We funded projects on science communication - science communication to the public, communication of public priorities to scientists, citizens engagement & participation in science. 🧵
April 24, 2025 at 12:56 AM
For the last 3 yrs, I was the director for the Science of Science program at the NSF. We funded projects on science communication - science communication to the public, communication of public priorities to scientists, citizens engagement & participation in science. 🧵
🚨 Here is the line up for the Victorian Archaeology Colloquium, being held on Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country in Melbourne, Australia this Friday 7th February! Online registration is still available via events.humanitix.com/victorian-ar...
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February 3, 2025 at 11:55 AM
🚨 Here is the line up for the Victorian Archaeology Colloquium, being held on Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country in Melbourne, Australia this Friday 7th February! Online registration is still available via events.humanitix.com/victorian-ar...
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Reposted by Caroline Spry
Great to see these results coming from Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung knowledge & archaeological investigations ...
New excavation of ‘rings of mystery’ in Victoria reveals rich Aboriginal history theconversation.com/new-excavati...
by @carolinedigs.bsky.social et al in @austarchj.bsky.social
New excavation of ‘rings of mystery’ in Victoria reveals rich Aboriginal history theconversation.com/new-excavati...
by @carolinedigs.bsky.social et al in @austarchj.bsky.social
New excavation of ‘rings of mystery’ in Victoria reveals rich Aboriginal history
Archaeologists and Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people are shedding new light on a series of enigmatic earth rings located in southeastern Australia.
theconversation.com
January 15, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Great to see these results coming from Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung knowledge & archaeological investigations ...
New excavation of ‘rings of mystery’ in Victoria reveals rich Aboriginal history theconversation.com/new-excavati...
by @carolinedigs.bsky.social et al in @austarchj.bsky.social
New excavation of ‘rings of mystery’ in Victoria reveals rich Aboriginal history theconversation.com/new-excavati...
by @carolinedigs.bsky.social et al in @austarchj.bsky.social
Reposted by Caroline Spry
New excavation of ‘rings of mystery’ in Victoria reveals rich Aboriginal history theconversation.com/new-excavati...
Full text of the article by @carolinedigs.bsky.social and colleagues published in @austarchj.bsky.social available at: doi.org/10.1080/0312...
Full text of the article by @carolinedigs.bsky.social and colleagues published in @austarchj.bsky.social available at: doi.org/10.1080/0312...
New excavation of ‘rings of mystery’ in Victoria reveals rich Aboriginal history
Archaeologists and Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people are shedding new light on a series of enigmatic earth rings located in southeastern Australia.
theconversation.com
January 8, 2025 at 4:54 AM
New excavation of ‘rings of mystery’ in Victoria reveals rich Aboriginal history theconversation.com/new-excavati...
Full text of the article by @carolinedigs.bsky.social and colleagues published in @austarchj.bsky.social available at: doi.org/10.1080/0312...
Full text of the article by @carolinedigs.bsky.social and colleagues published in @austarchj.bsky.social available at: doi.org/10.1080/0312...
Reposted by Caroline Spry
New excavation of ‘rings of mystery’ in Victoria reveals rich Aboriginal history. Research by @carolinedigs.bsky.social
theconversation.com/new-excavati...
theconversation.com/new-excavati...
New excavation of ‘rings of mystery’ in Victoria reveals rich Aboriginal history
Archaeologists and Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people are shedding new light on a series of enigmatic earth rings located in southeastern Australia.
theconversation.com
January 8, 2025 at 5:14 AM
New excavation of ‘rings of mystery’ in Victoria reveals rich Aboriginal history. Research by @carolinedigs.bsky.social
theconversation.com/new-excavati...
theconversation.com/new-excavati...
Our new study on Aboriginal earth rings in Australia’s out! ‘New excavation of rings of mystery in Victoria reveals rich Aboriginal history’ in The Conversation: theconversation.com/new-excavati...
And our in-depth article in Australian Archaeology: doi.org/10.1080/0312...
#archaeology #heritage 🏺
And our in-depth article in Australian Archaeology: doi.org/10.1080/0312...
#archaeology #heritage 🏺
New excavation of ‘rings of mystery’ in Victoria reveals rich Aboriginal history
Archaeologists and Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people are shedding new light on a series of enigmatic earth rings located in southeastern Australia.
theconversation.com
January 8, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Our new study on Aboriginal earth rings in Australia’s out! ‘New excavation of rings of mystery in Victoria reveals rich Aboriginal history’ in The Conversation: theconversation.com/new-excavati...
And our in-depth article in Australian Archaeology: doi.org/10.1080/0312...
#archaeology #heritage 🏺
And our in-depth article in Australian Archaeology: doi.org/10.1080/0312...
#archaeology #heritage 🏺
Reposted by Caroline Spry
NEW Examination of trees in northern Europe threatened by deforestation finds rare examples of those engraved by the Sámi, the Indigenous people of Arctic Europe, highlighting the cultural importance of preventing deforestation in Fennoscandia.
#AntiquityThread 1/15 🧵
#archaeology 🏺
#AntiquityThread 1/15 🧵
#archaeology 🏺
November 21, 2024 at 11:23 AM
NEW Examination of trees in northern Europe threatened by deforestation finds rare examples of those engraved by the Sámi, the Indigenous people of Arctic Europe, highlighting the cultural importance of preventing deforestation in Fennoscandia.
#AntiquityThread 1/15 🧵
#archaeology 🏺
#AntiquityThread 1/15 🧵
#archaeology 🏺
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In a bit less than 48 hours, our #RealArchaeology event starts! A weekend filled with phenomenal archaeology found on podcasts, YouTube, TikToks, the radio, and blogs
We will fill the internet with fact-based entertainment. Share widely!
Full details here: www.real-archaeology.com
We will fill the internet with fact-based entertainment. Share widely!
Full details here: www.real-archaeology.com
#Real-Archaeology
A collective of content creators producing fact-based mini-documentaries on archaeology. We educate the public on ancient history using peer-reviewed sources. Join our online event
www.real-archaeology.com
October 23, 2024 at 2:24 PM
In a bit less than 48 hours, our #RealArchaeology event starts! A weekend filled with phenomenal archaeology found on podcasts, YouTube, TikToks, the radio, and blogs
We will fill the internet with fact-based entertainment. Share widely!
Full details here: www.real-archaeology.com
We will fill the internet with fact-based entertainment. Share widely!
Full details here: www.real-archaeology.com
If you’re at #EAA2024 in Rome, join the @blacktrowel.bsky.social session: So Falls the World! Archaeology & Heritage against Empire(s). Our paper is on the British Empire, Aboriginal Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people & excavation of a large earth ring in Australia. Fri 2pm👇
@archaeologyeaa.bsky.social
@archaeologyeaa.bsky.social
August 26, 2024 at 3:37 AM
If you’re at #EAA2024 in Rome, join the @blacktrowel.bsky.social session: So Falls the World! Archaeology & Heritage against Empire(s). Our paper is on the British Empire, Aboriginal Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people & excavation of a large earth ring in Australia. Fri 2pm👇
@archaeologyeaa.bsky.social
@archaeologyeaa.bsky.social
Archaeologists are great at digging up stuff & studying the past. But we’re not so great at sharing our work in a way that’s understandable, accessible & relevant to all. In my new article, I explore why this is & how we can improve
PS @flintdibble.bsky.social rocks
doi.org/10.1080/0312...
PS @flintdibble.bsky.social rocks
doi.org/10.1080/0312...
May 29, 2024 at 1:33 PM
Archaeologists are great at digging up stuff & studying the past. But we’re not so great at sharing our work in a way that’s understandable, accessible & relevant to all. In my new article, I explore why this is & how we can improve
PS @flintdibble.bsky.social rocks
doi.org/10.1080/0312...
PS @flintdibble.bsky.social rocks
doi.org/10.1080/0312...
If you haven’t had the pleasure of watching this video of Weliton Menario Costa dance his PhD on kangaroos, do yourself a favour and check it out. Congrats on the new EP too 😊
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Full article (including video) here:
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Full article (including video) here:
‘Joyful madness’: ANU scientist wins global prize for ‘dancing his PhD’ about kangaroos
Four-minute video features drag queens, twerking, ballerinas, a classical Indian dancer and a bunch of friends from Canberra
www.theguardian.com
March 8, 2024 at 1:08 AM
If you haven’t had the pleasure of watching this video of Weliton Menario Costa dance his PhD on kangaroos, do yourself a favour and check it out. Congrats on the new EP too 😊
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Full article (including video) here:
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Full article (including video) here:
Who else is going to #CAA2024 in Auckland, NZ? Looking forward to presenting with my Wurundjeri colleagues in this session on the legacy of Harold Dibble in stone artefact archaeology in Australasia and beyond.
2024.caaconference.org
2024.caaconference.org
February 27, 2024 at 10:51 PM
Who else is going to #CAA2024 in Auckland, NZ? Looking forward to presenting with my Wurundjeri colleagues in this session on the legacy of Harold Dibble in stone artefact archaeology in Australasia and beyond.
2024.caaconference.org
2024.caaconference.org
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Indigenous pyrodiversity promotes plant diversity 🌏🧪
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
February 10, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Indigenous pyrodiversity promotes plant diversity 🌏🧪
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
The program for the Victorian Archaeology Colloquium 2024 is here! Join us online or in person, Friday 2nd February to hear about the archaeology and cultural heritage of Victoria, SE Australia.
Register here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/victorian-...
#archaeology #heritage #2024VAC
Register here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/victorian-...
#archaeology #heritage #2024VAC
January 24, 2024 at 11:18 PM
The program for the Victorian Archaeology Colloquium 2024 is here! Join us online or in person, Friday 2nd February to hear about the archaeology and cultural heritage of Victoria, SE Australia.
Register here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/victorian-...
#archaeology #heritage #2024VAC
Register here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/victorian-...
#archaeology #heritage #2024VAC
Reposted by Caroline Spry
Honestly I can’t seem to get enough of indigenous knowledge in archaeology. These voices have been ignored or undervalued for far too long. More please!🏺
We’ve just published two pieces on ancient burial marker trees in southeastern Australia! We’re lucky to have a record of these trees + burials still.
The Conversation: theconversation.com/carved-trees...
Full journal article (open access):
doi.org/10.1080/0312...
#archaeology #heritage #trees
The Conversation: theconversation.com/carved-trees...
Full journal article (open access):
doi.org/10.1080/0312...
#archaeology #heritage #trees
November 27, 2023 at 11:59 AM
Honestly I can’t seem to get enough of indigenous knowledge in archaeology. These voices have been ignored or undervalued for far too long. More please!🏺
We’ve just published two pieces on ancient burial marker trees in southeastern Australia! We’re lucky to have a record of these trees + burials still.
The Conversation: theconversation.com/carved-trees...
Full journal article (open access):
doi.org/10.1080/0312...
#archaeology #heritage #trees
The Conversation: theconversation.com/carved-trees...
Full journal article (open access):
doi.org/10.1080/0312...
#archaeology #heritage #trees
November 27, 2023 at 9:40 AM
We’ve just published two pieces on ancient burial marker trees in southeastern Australia! We’re lucky to have a record of these trees + burials still.
The Conversation: theconversation.com/carved-trees...
Full journal article (open access):
doi.org/10.1080/0312...
#archaeology #heritage #trees
The Conversation: theconversation.com/carved-trees...
Full journal article (open access):
doi.org/10.1080/0312...
#archaeology #heritage #trees
Reposted by Caroline Spry
I'm so excited for the Wenner-Gren Workshop on the Socio-Politics of Knowledge Production in Anthropology and Archaeology, which Jess Beck and I are leading next week! Check out our website: www.anthroknowledge.com (videos and more will be posted after the workshop!)
Socio-Politics of Knowledge Production in Anthropology & Archaeology
www.anthroknowledge.com
October 7, 2023 at 12:03 AM
I'm so excited for the Wenner-Gren Workshop on the Socio-Politics of Knowledge Production in Anthropology and Archaeology, which Jess Beck and I are leading next week! Check out our website: www.anthroknowledge.com (videos and more will be posted after the workshop!)